Can a keeping CPU run 6 gpu's for mining

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I want to use a Gigabyte H110-D3A Bitcoin Edition - 115 mobo with a Intel Pentium G4500 - 3.5 GHz cpu but the max pci lanes always confused me. It says max number of pci lanes 16 Does this mean only one gpu? or can it run all 6 gpu's because of the mobo chipset?
 
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It can run one GPU at PCIe 3.0 x16 with the lanes from the CPU, and 5 more (with PCIe risers) each with a PCIe 2.0 x1 connection provided by the chipset.
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The CPU has MAX 16 lanes of PCIE 3 available to the motherboard AFTER the four it allocated to the chipset. the ones going to the chipset are broken out for sata , USB 3 etc as well as (in this case) the PCie x1 2.0 slots on the motherboard. The other 16 lanes are allocated to the single x16 slot.

FYI you can use a splitter card in the x16 slot to further add more GPU's
 
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Im sorry but this still confuses me. I dont know why im having trouble wrapping my head around this and understanding it.
 
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What don't you understand?

There's 16 lanes available after chipset use. they can be allocated in 1 x16 or 2x8 or 4x4 etc.

In the motherboard you mention all are going to the x16 slot

BESIDES the 16 lanes, there are always 4 lanes to the chipset... they run everything else on this board, even the x1 slots.

You don't even have to understand it, this CPU works in this board.
 
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They can be split anyway you like using splitters, you mean to say the CPU itself cannot support splitting it the way I described. I agree with that.

some companies split these lanes into 16 individual x1 lane lanes using asmedia chips. not duplicating, splitting.

 
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Since we're talking mining here and not gaming, I know several products that do this. I'd consider that consumer. So the answer is yes.

 
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